Apparatus for inserting hat-linings.



L. WOLF & l. RYBACK.

APPARATUS FGA INSERHNG HAT LTNTNGS,

APPLICATION TTLED name. .1917.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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APPARATUS FOR INSERTING HAT LININGS.

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LEON WOLE, OE NEW YORK, AND IsIDOB. RYBAOK, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID WOLE` AssIGNOB. To WILLIAM WOLF.

APPARATUS FOR INSERTING HAT-LININGS.

` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. i, 1919.

Application filed December 6, 1917. -Seria1NO- 205,820.

To @ZZ wlw/n, 'aft/may] conce/rn Be it known that we, LEON WOLF, of, the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, a sub] ect of the Emperor of Austria, and ISIDOR RYBAOK, of the borough of Brooklyn, city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of theUnited States of America, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Apparatus for Inserting Hat-Linings, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is the improvement in the apparatus for fastening hat linings. It has hitherto been the custom to sew the bottom portion of the lining to the hat by hand or by machine. This is always a slow process and requiresa skilled and careful operator. Our apparatus enables the lining to be inserted and retained without the employment of any skilled or careful sewililig and if desired Without Vany sewing at a f Figure l is perspective view of one form of the apparatus capable of being used in connection with our invention with parts broken away for thesake of' clearness.

Figia is a horizontal sectional view'on line a-ci of Fig. 1b of a modification of the supporting means.

Fig. y1b is a vertical sectional view of this element. 0

Fig. 1c is a perspective `view of' the modilied form of heating element guard.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the supporting member for the hat with parts broken away showing the hat and lining in position.

Fig. 3 is a detailed view showing the ends of the expansible support of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionalview of' a modified form of the invention taken on line 4, 4 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view on a' line 5, 5 of Fig. 4 with parts broken away.

Our apparatus contemplates the use of a lining in combination with an adhesive strip. This may be of rubberized buckram or any other adhesive material.

Considering first the form of the invention disclosed in Fig. l, 1 indicates a supporting member provided with means for contracting and expanding same. In the present instance, this property is obtained by forming the 'ring-like supporting member of resilient material. The supporting member l is loosely carried on the standard 2 from which the hat and the lining.

extends arms Sin a radial direction through the slots 4v of the eXpansible member. It will be apparent that when the handles 5 are moved toward each other the supporting member will be contracted to admit of placing thereon a hat in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. After the hat is in position the handles 5 are released and the member l allowed to expand freely. It will be observed in the present instance thatv the arms and that the slots 4 are in the supporting member l. In Figs. la and 1b the reverse arrangement is shown. The radial arms 3 `are rigidly connected to the supporting member l and extend through the slots 4 in the head l0 of the central standard 2. The supporting member l in addition to being of resilient'material is also of heat conducting material for the purpose of subjecting the lining and hat to heat as well as pressure. One method of utilizing the heating element is shown in Fig. l where the electric resisting element 6 is placed inside the ring l and covered by means of heat non-conducting material such as asbestos, here shown as the covering 7 between which and the outward ring l the resistance element is placed. The conductor 8 for supplying current to the resistance element is conveniently carried by the central standard 9. and thence by way of the radial arms to the resistance element 6.

In the modification shown in Fig. 1b the 10 of the central standard to the resistance element. The hat is placed in position on the supporting member l while the latter is contracted and, upon the handles 5 being released, the inherent resiliency of the material will exercise pressure onthe lining 11, with itsb turned in strip 12. the adhesive band 13 and the head-size 3l, heat being applied through the heating element sufficient to cause adhesion between the adhesive band, In the Vpreferred method of operation, the adhesive band is attachedto the lining bysewing or otherwise previous to' the mounting of the hat on the device, the adhesive band and the lining being so arranged with reference to each other and the head-size that the adhesive band` in tervenes between the hat and the lining. If desired, however, the `band of adhesive material may be unattached and may be interposed freely between the lining and the hat o are integral with the central standard 9.-

when the parts are subjected to heat and pressure asbefore. 1n Fig. 1c is shown a modification of Fig. 1 in that instead of having a covering of heat non-conducting material, the expansible ring member lc is provided with integral prongs 2c which are bent back upon the supporting member to form a channel 3c in which the heating element may be disposed.

In the modifications shown-in Figs. 4 and 5 'the supporting member 14 is here shown in the form of a plurality of segments 15 expansible and contractible in some suitable manner here taking the following form: Mounted on each segment 15 is a pin 16 Ywhich extends down through radial slots 17 in the carrying member 18 and vat their lower ends these pins are provided with rollers 19 which extend into the cam slots 20 of the rotatable member 21. This latter member is keyed to shaft 22 provided at its lower end and with the gear 23 lwhich meshes with a rack 24 slidingly mounted in the bearings 25 and normally rigid in the position shown in Fig. 4 by means of the `spring 26 anchored at one end on one of the bearings 25 and secured on its other end to adjustable member 27. 28 is a bearing member for actuating the sliding rack 24. 29 indicates projections on the adjustable segments 15 .which dove-tail or telescope to provide the continuous surface between the adj ustable segments when they are in expanded position.

The heating element in the form shown in Figs. 4 and 5 here consists of a gas burner 30 `preferably of the general shape as outlined in the member V14.

The carrying member 18 in this instance also serves the function of a frame guard to prevent the direct application of heat to the hat.` the heat being as previously transferred by conduction through the expansible members. with the modiications sho-wn in Figs. 4 and 5 is the same as that used in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, and similar lettering is used to denote the hat, the lining and the piece of adhesive material.

Our method and apparatus, therefore, is not only adapted to .womens hats but can be used on mens hats and employed as a means of causing the sweat-band to adhere to the crown of a hat or for blocking purposes. Another important feature is that it enables the lining to be easily removed. All that is needed is to apply heat to the brim of the crown of the hat in the manner indicated, causing the adhesive material to melt and the lining can then be removed. It can then be put 'back into the hat as before or used again iny another hat. One standard lining can be used for any head size.

The method outlined in connection- Having described our invention what We claim is t-f 1. A device of the character described comprising: an expansible member adapted to support a hat and a. lining therefor, means for contraction of said member, and means for applying heat to the hat by conduction through the expansible member.

2. A device of the character' described comprising: an expansible member adapted to support a hat and a lining therefor, means for contraction of saidv member, a heating element associated with said expansible member, and means for preventing said element from acting directly onv the hat.

3. Adevice of the character described comprising: a ring-like member adapted to support a hat and a lining therefor, the ring member being of resilient material .with overlapping ends and having a heating element for supplying heat to the ring member, for the application of heat and pressure to the lining.

4. A device ofthe character described consisting of an outer ring-like member of resilient heat conducting material the ends of which overlap, an inner non-conducting ring, and -a heating element arranged between the members.

5. In a `device of the character described, a ring-like member of resilient and heat conducting material adapted to support a hat and a lining therefor, the ring member having overlapping ends, and an electric heating element adapted to expand and contract with said ring, for the application of heat and pressure to the lining.

6. Adevice of the character described comprising: a holder member centrally disposed having radial spokes supporting an expansible ring-like member adapted to support a hat. the ring member having overlapping ends and the spokes having a sliding connection with one of said members to permit the expansion and contraction of the ring member. d

7. In a device of the Character described, a central standard member having radial arms. an expansible ring member with overlapping fingers, and a hea-t conducting element, the ring member having means for contraction and expansion thereof and the heat. conducting element extending through the central standard and along one of the radial arms of thesta-ndard to the ringmember for the application of heat and pressure to the hat lining.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York. this 27th day of November, 1917.

LEON WOLF. XSIDOR RYBACK.

Genies cf this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of atcnts; Washington, D. G3 

